Fulton Voting Precincts Might Close In Black Neighborhoods

A voter casts his a ballot in Georgia’s primary election at a polling site Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Fulton County’s Board of Registration and Elections voted unanimously on Thursday to propose closing six polling places, consolidating them with other existing voting locations. All of them are in predominantly black neighborhoods in South Atlanta.

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The board says most people in these polling places vote early anyway and don’t frequent the locations often enough to justify keeping them open.